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R2K notes that Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence has agreed to shortlist and interview candidates for Inspector General of Intelligence in public meetings. This is a welcome commitment towards a more transparent process. However, more is needed – the Inspector General is a public watchdog, and the public should have access to the CV […]

R2K KZN supports Glebelands residents’ call to the UN Human Rights Committee. The attacks on human rights in Glebelands Hostel must end and the perpetrators must be brought to justice. The people of Glebelands have sent an urgent appeal to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Community to intervene to ensure […]

GLEBELANDS HOSTEL COMMUNITY PRESS STATEMENT We appeal for the urgent intervention of the United Nations Human Rights Council and call for the eyes of the world on Glebelands On Saturday night another comrade was killed. Community leader, Zodwa Sibiya was shot in the head at Block L. She had been a well-respected member of […]

In the wake of the murder of the chairperson of Amadiba Crisis Committee, Sikhosiphi Bazooka Rhadebe last month, the programme for Freedom Week 2016 four screenings of The Shore Break in solidarity with the Amadiba’s struggle to keep mining off their land. DATE: Thursday 28 April TIME: 18h00 PLACE: The Green Door, 298 Cato Road, Glenwood, Durban HOSTED BY: […]

Join Right2Know Campaign Cape Town TV and the SOS Coalition for a launch of the Channel Free initiative and a discussion on the representation and role of women in South Africa’s media. The Channel Free initiative aims to broadcast South Africa’s fist national social justice community TV station. The launch will take “women and media” as a […]

R2K strongly condemns the attack of two Citizen journalists and two members of the Amadiba Crisis Committee by a group of Xolobeni thugs on Saturday. The journalists were assigned to cover the funeral of anti-mining activist and chairperson of the Amadiba Crisis Committee, Sikhosiphi “Bazooka” Rhadebe who was murdered in that area two weeks ago. […]